Smart Health, Social Robotics and AI
Research Design, Value Assessment and Implementation
June 23-26, 2025
UC Davis & UC Berkeley, California
Join the TTRN PhD Course 2025 – You can read about the course here.
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International Dementia Day and Research with LOVOT
On the occasion of International Dementia Day, Professor Birthe Dinesen was interviewed by the newspaper “Asahi Shinbun News Paper” from Tokyo, Japan, about our research on the use of social robots for citizens with dementia. It turned into a fine article, so if you want to practice your Japanese, click on this link.
The results from our research are published here:
Dinesen B, Hansen HK, Grønborg GB, Dyrvig AK, Leisted SD, Stenstrup H, Skov Schacksen C, Oestergaard C.
Use of a Social Robot (LOVOT) for Persons With Dementia: Exploratory Study.
JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2022;9(3)
PhD defence September 6, 2024
PhD student Lili Worre is going to defend her thesis:
POST-DISCHARGE COMMUNICATION IN ORTHOPEDIC PATIENT CARE:
Evaluation of digital team-based communication between patients and health care professionals across settings.
Time: September 6 at 14.00-17.00t
Place: Medicinerhusets Auditorie, Aalborg Universitetshospital (Syd)
The defence is public and you are welcome.
Danish research project in Japanese book on telenursing
Professor Birthe Dinesen has written a chapter on the research project: “Future Patient – telerehabilitation of patients with heart failure” in the Japanese book on “Telenursing – Theory and Practice”.
The chapter describe the project and results from an RCT study: Increased quality of life, increased motivation and empowerment of patients.
TTRN PhD Course 2024: Research methods in digital health technology
TTRN PhD Course 2024:
Research methods in digital health technology
Venue: Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
Dates: 2024, August 12-16
Course fee: DKK 3.800, € 510 or $ 550
Deadline, registration: 2024, Juni 10
Course objective
The aim of the PhD course is to give a comprehensive introduction to research methods used in the different phases of the innovation process for digital health technologies such as telehealth, home monitoring, mHealth, video consultation, artificial intelligence (AI), clinical robots, etc.
Thus, PhD students will during the course learn about relevant research methods and their strengths and weaknesses in the design, assessment and implementation of digital health technologies. During the course the students will examine the possibilities for using the methods in their own PhD project.
The course focus on interdisciplinary research methods, assessment of the societal value of technologies, patient involvement, organizational challenges and have an interdisciplinary faculty and students from medicine, nursing, health policy, engineering, etc.
The course is relevant for PhD-students with interest in research in design, assessment and implementation of digital health technologies, including telemedicine, home monitoring, AI and clinical robots. Senior researchers with interest in these areas are also welcome.
Odense University Hospital is leading in European research and practical use of digital health technologies. During all days, clinicians from the hospital will participate and present examples of the use of digital health technologies in the clinical practise. In addition, all days will involve group work and students will give a presentation at the last day of the course and present their use of the scientific disciplines described during the course in their own research project.
The course is organized in collaboration with TTRN – Transatlantic Telemedicine Research Network and involves researchers from Danish and US universities including UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Cleveland Clinic.
Keynote at the International conference on Integrated Care (ICI24) in Belfast
Join the International conference on Integrated Care (ICI24): “Taking the leap: making integrated care a reality for people and communities”.
Professor Birthe Dinesen has been invited to give a keynote on “Using digital health to make integrated care a reality in Denmark – what have we learned so far?” at the International conference on Integrated Care (ICI24) taking place April 22-24 in Belfast, Ireland.
The conference programme has just been launched – take a look and join us in Belfast for an interesting conference.
COPD patients and telerehabilitation
Today the online newspaper “Avisen Danmark” has an article on results from the research study iTrain focusing on tele-rehabilitation of COPD patients in their own homes over a two-year period.
The study was carried out simultaneously in Denmark, Norway and Australia. The objective was to compare three types of rehabilitation for patients with COPD in the three countries.
In Denmark, the study was conducted as a collaboration between the Esbjerg Health Center, the Pulmonary Medicine Department of Southwest Jutland Hospital and Aalborg University.
The research project was headed by professor Paolo Zanaboni, Norwegian Center for e-Health research, Norway, professor Anne Holland, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and professor Birthe Dinesen, Aalborg University. The study was financed by the Norwegian Research Council.
JD TeleTech: Innovation & Research Webinar, April 25
Digital Health & Rehabilitation – Present and future collaboration between Denmark & Japan
TTRN conference, Berkeley, Aug. 2023
The Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network (TTRN) is pleased to announce the conference:
An International Perspective on Building Capacity in Health Care through Technology
August 22-23, 2023, at University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
The final program is available here
Aims
The aims of this international conference are to:
- Present and share research on building health care capacity through technology
- Identify and communicate lessons learned about using technology to build health care capacity in an international context
- Identify knowledge gaps for research around using technology to build capacity in health care
- Stimulate exchange of ideas across disciplines for the next steps of digital health and identify research collaboration
- Give early career researchers within digital health the opportunity to present their work and expand their international network
Call for abstracts
We invite you to submit an abstract or poster to this international scientific conference as well as share this announcement within your networks. Follow this link to the Call for Abstracts and Posters.
The deadline for submissions was April 15, 2023.
About the conference
For more information about this conference, please visit the conference website.
Registration
Conference registration is open at this link.
Visit to Japan January 2023
Professor Birthe Dinesen had a visit to Tokyo and JD TeleTech January 23-28 2023.
It was the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic that Dr Dinesen had a visit to Japan.
The aim of the visit was to meet with current collaborators and to establish new collaborators within JD TeleTech.
Thank you to Rumi at the Danish Embassy in Tokyo for help organizing the visits to the companies and other partners.
April 25 the JD TeleTech will have a round table at Jutendo University Hospital in Tokyo. Please stay turned on this webpage about more details.